Box-lid holder.



PATENTBD JUNE 30 J. BLUMER. BOX LID HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 25, 1907.

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1 UNITED JAMES BLUMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOX-LID HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed April 25, 1907. Serial No. 370,143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES BLUMER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State ofNew York, have invented an Improvement in Box-Lid Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a box lid holder and more particularly to thatclass of such devices which are adapted to hold the hinged or other lidor cover of a box in a desired open position for the purpose ofdisplaying the goods or articles contained in the box.

In carrying out my invention, my improved box lid holder preferablycomprises a stock member having a body portion and means associatedtherewith, whereby this stock member may be placed on and secured to theedge of the side of the box at one corner thereof, a lever arm pivotallyconnected to the said stock member, means at one end of the lever armadapted to engage and sup port the cover or lid of the box, and meansadapted to engage the opposite end of this lever arm to secure the samein position and to determine the position in which the box lid is to besupported,as will be hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved box lidholder showing the same applied to a box. Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same, and Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation on line :r, 0;, Fig. 1, shown on a somewhat larger scale.

Referring particularly to the drawing, the stock member of my improvedbox lid holder comprises a body portion a, which may be made of sheetmetal or any other suitable material and preferably in the shape of aquadrant as illustrated. Attached to or integral with the body portion ais an arm member I) which is parallel to and spaced apart from the saidbody portion, so that these parts taken together are adapted to fit overand span the upper edge of one of the end members of the box, indicatedby g.

The arm member I) is provided with a lug c which may be integraltherewith or otherwise and turned at right angles thereto, so as tocontact with and bear against the rear member of the box g. Moreover thearm I) may be slotted as indicated at 10, making provision for thetongue (Z which is provided with a projection 11 adapted to be forcedinto the inner surface of the end member of the box to aid in securingthe stock member thereon. The other side of the body member a or thatwhich is adapted to assume a ver tical position when placed upon the boxis provided with an arm (1 turned at right angles thereto and as isclearly shown in Fig. 2, adapted to contact with and bear against theouter surface of the rear member of the box; this member together withthe lug 0 bearing respectively as aforesaid against the outer and innersurfaces of the rear member of the box, provide against a shifting ofthe box lid holding device longitudinally on the end member of the box,while the body portion a and the arm I), together with the projection 11provided in the tongue (1, make rovision for preventing the box lidholder ibrom shifting upwardly on the end of the I also employ a leverarm h which is pivottally connected at 13 to the body portion a of thestock member and preferably this pivotal point is so placed as to be inline with the pivotal point of the hinge or hinges which connect the boxlid 01' cover 14 to the box. One end of the lever arm h is provided withoutturned spring clamp jaws i ada ted to fit over and engage a portionof the ox lid or cover 14 and the opposite end of the lever arm h isadapted to fit into the spaces 12 between the sto sf provided on thecurved edge of the bocy portion a respectively in equally spaced apartpositions.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a box lid holder, two pivotally connected gripping members, theone comprising a lever-arm and means at one end thereof for gripping theedge of the box lid and the other comprising a sto having a body member,an arm turned at right angles to the body member and adapted to bearagainst the outer surface of the rear member of a box, an armover-turned from and parallel with the said body member and providedwith a lug adapted to bear against the inner surface of the rear memberof the box, a tongue out from the last aforesaid arm and adapted at itsextremity to be forced into the end member of the box and means on thesaid body member for engaging the other end of the said lever-arm todetermine the position in which the box lid is to be supported and tomaintain the same therein.

2. In a box lid holder, two pivotally connected gripping members, theone comprising a lever-arm and means at one end thereof for gripping theedge of the box lid and the other comprising a stop having aquadrantshaped body member, an arm turned at right angles to the bodymember and adapted to bear against the outer surface of the rear memberof a box, an arm over-turned from and parallel With the said body memberand provided With a lug adapted to bear against the inner surface of therear member of the box, a tongue out from the last aforesaid arm andadapted at its extremity to be forced into the end member of the box anda series of spaced apart stops on the curved edge of the saidquadrant-shaped body member With intermediate recesses adapted toreceive the other end of the said lever-arm to determine the position inWhich the box lid is to be supported and to maintain the same therein.

3. A box lid holder comprising two pivotally connected gripping members,the one a quadrant-shaped body having means adapting itfor connectionWith the body of the box at one side and the other a lever arm havingmeans adapting it for connection With an edge of the hinged lid, the arcedge of the quadrant-shaped body having spaced apart turned upprojections and the intervening recesses receiving the free end of thelever arm to adjust the raised position of the lid.

JAMES BLUMER Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, BERTHA M. ALLEN.

Signed by me this 18th day of December,

